"Goodness me!"

The answer

ISAY

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ISAY answer page.

Used 6 times across 4 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2014. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.

• OHDEAR (6 uses in xd)
• GOSH (5 uses in xd)
• OHMY (4 uses in xd)
• ILLBE (3 uses in xd)
• EGAD (2 uses in xd)

Other clues for ISAY

Every other clue in this collection answered by ISAY, most used first.

• "By Jove!" - used 65 times, most recently in 2026
• Brit's exclamation - used 43 times, most recently in 2026
• "My word!" - used 43 times, most recently in 2025
• Words to an old chap - used 37 times, most recently in 2023
• British exclamation - used 21 times, most recently in 2025
• "___, old chap!" - used 16 times, most recently in 2021
• "Do as __, ..." - used 14 times, most recently in 2020
• Britisher's exclamation - used 13 times, most recently in 2007
• Londoner's exclamation - used 10 times, most recently in 2022
• "Good heavens!" - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• "Look here, old chap!" - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• "In my opinion . . ." - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Words before "old chap" - used 8 times, most recently in 2018
• Brit's "My word!" - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• "If you ask me . . ." - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Brit's indignant comment - used 6 times, most recently in 2008
• British interjection - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• Exeter exclamation - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• "Well, well!" - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
• "What more can ___?" - used 6 times, most recently in 2023

Related clues

Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.

• Honest-to-goodness - REAL, used 71 times
• "Goodness gracious!" - EGAD, used 29 times
• "Goodness!" - OHMY, used 22 times
• "Goodness gracious!" - OHMY, used 18 times
• "Goodness!" - MYMY, used 17 times
• "For goodness __!" - SAKE, used 16 times

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